Hurwitz & Associates’ research for the Victory Index recognized Provalis for scoring well
above its competitors in several dimensions. In particular, Provalis excelled in product value. The company received the highest customer rating in the category of Return on Investment. Customers felt that they received substantial value for their financial and time investments in the software. In addition, Provalis Research received some of the highest scores in ease of use.  Customers report that Provalis’ tools allow them to quickly and effectively get insight into their data because of the ease of use and flexibility of the software.

Designed as a marketing research assessment tool, the Victory Index selected text analytics companies offering products with strong technical capabilities and rated them on approximately 50 attributes across four dimensions: Vision, Viability, Validity and Value. Hurwitz & Associates applied a rigorous methodology to assess text analytics solutions through customer and vendor surveys and interviews, an online survey of more than one hundred and fifty companies, social media, discussions and other secondary sources. 

“Our main objective is to offer powerful, flexible, and easy-to-use text analytics tools at an affordable price that even small companies can afford”, said Normand Péladeau, President and CEO of Provalis Research, “We are very pleased to find out that we were awarded a special mention precisely because of our high scores on these exact dimensions.”

To view the Hurwitz Value Point Report on Provalis Research, click here. A more detailed description of the study and of Provalis Research’s products can also be downloaded here.

Hurwitz & Associates is a strategy consulting, market research and analyst firm that focuses on how technology solutions solve real world customer problems. Hurwitz research concentrates on disruptive technologies, such as Big Data and Analytics, Cloud Computing, Service Management, Information Management, Application Development and Deployment, and Collaborative Computing. Their experienced team merges deep technical and business expertise to deliver the actionable, strategic advice clients demand. 

About Provalis Research

Founded in 1989, Provalis Research is a world-leading developer of text analytics platforms with ground-breaking qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods analysis software. Provalis Research tools are used by more than 2,000 governments, international corporations, NGOs, universities, and independent research leaders worldwide. To learn more about the company and its products please visit www.provalisresearch.com

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QDA Miner Lite has been designed to meet the basic needs of researchers and analysts performing qualitative data analysis. Advanced features have been removed from the full version of QDA Miner, such as several text retrieval tools (query-by-example, section retrieval, clustered coding, etc.), analysis features (clustering, multidimensional scaling, crosstab, etc.) and advanced code management tools. All the essential features for importing, coding, annotating documents and images and for retrieving coded segments have been kept, creating an easy-to-use CAQDAS tool ideal for those on tiny budgets (or no budget) or those who wish to teach qualitative research in classes.

QDA Miner Lite features include:

1. Importation from a wide range of documents (Word, PDF, HTML, RTF) and image file formats (JPG, PNG, BMP, WMF).
2. Importation from spreadsheets, databases and other qualitative data analysis software.
3. Intuitive on-screen coding and annotation of texts and images.
4. Ability to add comments (or memos) to coded segments, cases or the whole project.
5. Fast Boolean text search tool for retrieving and autocoding of text segments.
6. Code frequency analysis with bar chart, pie chart and tag clouds.
7. Coding retrieval with Boolean (and, or , not) and proximity operators (includes, enclosed, near, before, after).
8. Exportation of tables to XLS, Tab Delimited, CSV formats, and Word format.
9. Exportation of graphs to BMP, PNG, JPEG, WMF formats.
10. Single-file (*.qdp) project format.
11. Interface and help file in English, French and Spanish.

To learn more about QDA Miner Lite and download the software, visit the QDA Miner Lite product page.

About Provalis Research

Founded in 1989, Provalis Research is a world-leading developer of text analysis platforms with ground-breaking qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods analysis software. Provalis Research tools are used by more than 2,000 governments, international corporations, NGOs, universities, and independent research leaders worldwide.

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The launch of the new website, which offers quick and easy access to essential information on Provalis Research software, is part of our ongoing efforts to enhance the quality and availability of information and resources to users worldwide.

The user-friendly website boasts a modern design and provides more support resources, allowing users to learn basics features of the software and troubleshoot issues on their own:

• All tutorial and demonstration videos have been grouped by topics in the new tutorials section. Each video demonstrates how to master specific software features. Additional soon-to-be-released videos will offer a complete library of demonstrations covering every feature of our tools.
• The forum is back! We’ve moved to a brand new forum platform that offers better protection against false registrations and spamming.  Users can now communicate what they have learned and share information with one another.
• A new frequently asked questions and answers (FAQs) section has been introduced, containing helpful tips to get started with Provalis Research tools.
• With the new Solutions section, users will learn how Provalis Research tools can help achieve research outcomes across various domains using quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods approaches.

Visit our new website to discover all the enhancements we’ve made to our site. 

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